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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






2. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






3. State Board of Eduation






4. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






5. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






6. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






7. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






8. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






9. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






10. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






11. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






12. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






13. Whole body learning






14. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






15. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






16. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






17. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






18. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






19. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






20. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






21. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






22. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






23. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






24. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






25. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






26. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






27. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






28. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






29. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






30. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






31. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






32. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






33. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






34. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






35. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






36. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






37. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






38. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






39. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






40. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






41. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






42. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






43. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






44. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






45. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






46. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






47. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






48. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






49. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






50. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.







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